Devastating Consequences: How a Single Oil Spill Can Disrupt the Global Energy Supply
A maritime area three times the size of the city of London holds the highest risk for oil spills in the Gulf which can have…
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Consumption of Fast Food Linked to Potentially Deadly Liver Disease
Risk of liver damage is highest for those with obesity or diabetes. The new year has begun, and with it, resolutions for change. A study…
Heart Attack on a Chip: Replicating Key Aspects of America’s No. 1 Killer
USC researchers Megan McCain and postdoc Megan Rexius-Hall have engineered a microscale model that can replicate key aspects of myocardial infarction and might one day…
Potential Flaw Uncovered in Previous Autism Neuroscience Research
New research pinpoints three brain regions with signature connections in autistic individuals. USC scientists identify patterns of white matter connectivity exclusive to core autistic symptoms,…
Horrifying – New Study Indicates That Popular Sugar Substitutes Worsen Your Memory
Using laboratory models, scientists discovered that ingesting FDA-approved levels of saccharin, ACE-K, and stevia early in life may result in many changes to the body,…
A Special Type of Diet Can Reduce Symptoms of Dementia
Short cycles of a low-calorie diet that mimics fasting appeared to lower inflammation and delay cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models. Cycles of a…
Newly Discovered Protein Connected to Significant Increase in Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
A mutation in the small protein SHMOOSE is linked with increased Alzheimer’s risk and highlights a possible target for treatment. A mutation in a newly…
New Research Finds That People With Anorexia Have Smaller Brains
The largest study to date reveals significant alterations in brain structure in anorexic individuals. Important differences in the brains of those with and without anorexia…
Generosity Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s
Seniors’ willingness to give money is associated with the early-stage cognitive indicators of Alzheimer’s disease Researchers are attempting to identify those who are most vulnerable…
Stress Accelerates Aging of the Immune System
Traumatic life events and everyday stress prematurely weaken body’s mix of immune cells. It is widely recognized that as people start getting up in the…
New Research Shows the Earth’s Inner Core Oscillates – Causes Variation in the Length of a Day
Scientists identify a six-year cycle of super- and sub-rotation that affected the length of a day based on their analysis of seismic data. Earth’s structure…
Sonic Hedgehog to the Rescue: Impressive Regeneration To Repair Large Bone Injuries
A stem cell study presents intriguing evidence that large bone injuries might trigger a repair strategy in adults that recapitulates elements of skeletal formation in…
Do You Want a Long Healthy Lifespan? The Characteristics of a “Longevity Diet”
Professor Valter Longo leads a review of research in animals and humans to identify how nutrition affects aging and a healthy lifespan. According to University…
Innovative Experimental Study Provides New Insights Into the Genetics of Heritable Traits
An analysis of 240,000 yeast strains reveals the complex interplay between large-impact genetic markers and genetic background. Enormous dataset presents unprecedented detail of genotype-to-phenotype map…
Where Are Memories Stored in the Brain? They May Be in the Connections Between Your Brain Cells
All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store information by changing their physical qualities. Over 130 years ago, pioneering…
First Nano-Sized Molecular Device Capable of Sensing and Altering Cells’ Bioelectric Fields
Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering…
Cranial Neural Crest Cells: A Crowning Achievement in Understanding Head Development
Cranial neural crest cells, or CNCCs, contribute to many more body parts than their humble name suggests. These remarkable stem cells not only form most…
Cough, Cough – Researchers May Have Discovered Why First COVID-19 Wave Spread So Fast in US and Europe
COVID-19 may have spread faster in US because first symptom was cough. Study by USC researchers finds that order of symptoms in first wave of…
